Fockleyreen: Manx - English Dictionary

billey greimmey wild service tree

greimmey ersooyl snatch away

greimmey jeh bite off

greimmey hug hene monopolize

greimmey lesh birrag spike

greimmey lesh teayst paste

sticks (npl.) maidjyn, maidjaghyn; (for burning) brasnaggyn; (v.) greimmey: It sticks like a limpet - T'eh greimmey gollrish baarnagh. DF idiom

adherence2 (n.) (of person) greimmey

adhesion (n.) greimane; greimmey; lhiantynys

bite off (v.) greimmey jeh

gripping greimmagh; greimmey

mesh (v.) greimmey, snaue; (n.) moggyl

monopolization (n.) greimmey

nab feeacklaghey; greimmey

seize (v.) glackey, goaill shellooderys jeh, tayrtyn; greimmey: Let us seize this man - Lhig dooin greimmey yn dooinney shoh. JJK idiom

snatch (v.) glackey, greim, greimmey

snatching (v.) greimmey

tackle1 (n.) (football) doolane; (rugby) greimmey

fishing tackle (n.) cullee eeastee, greimmey

seizing goaill, greimmey, nastey, stolkey

wild service tree (n.) billey greimmey

adhere (v.) festal; greimmey; lhiann; lhiant; taah

attach (v.) greimmey; kiangley, kiangley rish; lhiantyn hug

grab (v.) goaill greim er; greim; greimmey; (n.) greimmeyder

monopolize (v.) greim hug hene; greimmey hug hene

paste (v.) greimmey lesh teayst; (n.) teayst; sooslagh

pin on (v.) greimmey, kiangley lesh freeney

snatch away (v.) greimmey ersooyl, raipey ersooyl

spike (n.) birrag, kibbin; (v.) greimmey lesh birrag

stitch up (v.) greimmey, whaaley ry cheilley

baarnagh limpet, scrappy: T'eh greimmey gollrish baarnagh. DF

lock in (v.) cur fo ghlass, cur yn glass er, greimmey, kiangley

bite1 (n.) greim: His bark is worse than his bite - Ta e ghounstyrnee ny smessey na'n ghreim echey. JJK idiom; (v.) greimmey

catch1 (v.) berraghtyn, glackey, goaill, goaill greim, goaill greim er, greim, greimmey, tayrtyn; tayr: If you chase two hares you will catch neither - My chloys oo daa waagh cha dayr oo unnane jeu. JJK idiom; taare; (n.) croymmag, ronneeaght, sneg, snig

clutch (n.) aail, greim; (v.) goaill greim er, greimmey; glackey: He made a clutch at me - Ren eh glackey orrym. DF idiom; craag: The clutch is slipping - Ta'n chraag skyrraghtyn. DF idiom

grasp1 greim: I freed myself from his grasp - Deayshil mee mee hene ass y ghreim echey. DF idiom; greimmey

grip cummal; doarn; goaill greim jeh; greim: He has a grip of steel - Ta greim yiarn echey. DF idiom; greimman; greimmey; greme

holding1 (v.) greimmaghey; greimmey: He is holding the cup - T'eh greimney yn cappan. DF idiom

jam1 gloo; greimmey; jingey; lhiettrimys; soo: She has some jam - Ta soo eck. JJK idiom; jingan

snap greim, greimmey; (as picture) goaill jalloo jeh; (as decision) gyn thort; (as sound) polt: It went snap - Pholt eh. DF idiom

stitch fuailley; greim 'sy lhiattee; greimmey; guin; lhoob; staik; whaaley; greim: A stitch in time saves nine - Ta greim ayns traa cooie sauail nuy. JJK idiom

tooth (n.) feeackle, feeackyl: I had a tooth out - Va feeackle tayrnit assym. DF idiom; (v.) cur kere er, greimmey

hold (n.) brein lhuingey; holt: but they had not hold in the wall of the house - agh cha row veg y holt oc ayns voalley yn chiamble Bible; greim: He had a hold of me - Va greim echey orrym. DF idiom; (v.) cummal; greimmey; shassoo; greme; cumm, cum: Hold it away from me - Cum magh eh voym. DF idiom; holt; shass: Hold out against it! - Shass noi echey! DF idiom